A royal in prison? Pippa Middleton in big gun scandal

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"The driver took out the weapon and brandished it in broad daylight," the gossip rag wrote. "He waved it in the air and pointed it at a photographer — whose snaps show the chilling moment the barrel of what looks like a semi-automatic stared straight down his lens."

We'll admit it: We'd probably wet ourselves if a gun were pointed in our general direction. However, they might be overreacting just a tad.

But French officials aren't joking about the situation.

“If the evidence points to her involvement, she will be prosecuted. Anybody involved in the illegal use of a handgun in public is liable to arrest and interrogation," a law enforcement official told The Sun, adding that "all parties involved" could get up to seven years in prison if the gun is deemed real.